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Fun fact: the US is a 1st world country by definition because the terms "1st world", "2nd world" and "3rd world" originate in the Cold War with "1st world" being US-aligned countries, "2nd world" Soviet-aligned countries and "3rd world" being "unaligned" countries, typically because they were too unimportant/weak/poor in the world economy to be relevant. The term "3rd world" stuck around to simply mean "underdeveloped".

That said, as far as I followed the story, the (actual) winning candidate insisted on a thorough investigation and full recount. The (actual) losing candidate immediately accepted his defeat and did not object to the new outcome. As transfers of power go, this one was fairly smooth.




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